Tim Finn Album
1. Young Mountain 2. Not Even Close 3. How'm I Gonna Sleep 4. Parihaka 5. Tears Inside 6. Birds Swim Fish Fly 7. Suicide On Downing St. 8. Show a Little Mercy 9. Crescendo 10. Been There Done That
- Young Mountain (Tim Finn, Mitchell Froom) (4:20)
- I grew up not looking down
The shadow of a mountain fell upon my town
A blueness in the distance
Living in my memory
Now I climb the creaking stairs
And walk upon a vanishing floor to get nowhere
A little Mussolini screaming in my mind
History will tell you lies
History will tell you lies
Your dream is buried by the dust of ages
Time to sing a travel song
For all the days that come and go
As we move on
Erotic summer heat wave burning in my memory
Travel over hills and plains
See the hidden valley's golden grass aflame
A mother tongue that licks away your secret fear
History will disappear
History will disappear
Your dream is buried by the dust of ages
Quite a load to carry
Everything that we have done
Searching my horizon for a glimpse of the millennium
Hasn't been so very long
We haven't even half begun
To peter out
A version of the future
Living in my mind
I'm leaving it all behind
It hasn't all been done
History will tell you lies
Your dream is buried by the dust of ages
On the Young Mountain all four winds blow
From the Young Mountain wild rivers flow
On the Young Mountain a path unwinds
On the Young Mountain who falls shall climb
Climb the Young Mountain
Cross the first river
Swim the new sea
- Not Even Close (Tim Finn) (4:25)
- I've been walking the straight line
Living in my best friend's pocket
I've been looking at my life
All the time, oh the time
How can I do my work
Always looking over my shoulder
When everything falls apart
When you meet a false heart
Then you can't turn the pages
When you can't find the door
When you're nobody's baby
Not even close to pulling through
We fill up every hour
We hunger for the touch of money
Building crooked towers on the fault-line
When I came running to you
I was following the light from a dead star
Then everything falls apart
When you make a false start
Then you can't turn the pages
When you can't find the door
When you're nobody's baby
Not even close to pulling through
Weave me a rope
From this dark despair from this dull-eyed pain
Can't turn the pages
Weave me a rope
From this endless night from this distant shore
Can't find the door
Weave me a rope that will pull me through
These impossible times
- How'm I Gonna Sleep (Tim Finn) (3:54)
- There's a pure idea in every mind
Waiting to be acted on
Yesterday we had to leave behind
Climbing up that hill never stop
But I'd prefer to have you near to me
Making the shape that used to be
How'm I gonna sleep without you
I don't want this lonely night
How'm I gonna sleep ooh baby I love you
And I don't need this endless night
There's an open road on every map
Waiting to be traveled down
And all we need is faith to bridge the gap
That lies between our hearts and our minds
It's staring me blind
That I don't need this endless night this lonely night
How'm I gonna sleep without you
I don't want this lonely night
How'm I gonna sleep ooh baby I love you
And I don't need this endless night
How'm I gonna sleep when I'm all alone
How'm I gonna sleep this house is not a home
How'm I gonna take that dreamy ride thru space
This comet lacks a tail
Gotta failure of nerves
And I don't need this endless night this lonely night
And I don't want to be alone I don't wanna be alone
How'm I gonna sleep
How'm I gonna sleep I don't need this endless night
Without you I don't want this lonely night
How'm I gonna sleep
How'm I gonna sleep
- Parihaka (Tim Finn) (4:18)
- My friend my friend
I hate to see you suffer
Events conspire to bring us to our knees
My friend my friend
You've taken this the wrong way
Rise up defend yourself never give in
Look to the sky the spirit of Te Whiti
The endless tide is murmuring his name
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated
And even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing for you a song of Parihaka
Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit
Then stood accused a madman and his dream
He saw the train go roaring thru the tunnel
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire
But Te Whiti loved the silence of the river
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated
And even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing for you a song of Parihaka
One day you'll know the truth
They can't pull out the roots
Come and take me home
To weep for my lost brother
They gather still the clouds of Taranaki
His children's children wearing the white plume
So take me for the sins of these sad islands
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding
And when you taste the sugar in your soup
Think of Te Whiti He'll never be defeated
Even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing for you the song of Parihaka
Come to Parihaka
Weep for my lost brother
The spirit of nonviolence
Has come to fill the silence
Come to Parihaka
- Tears Inside (Tim Finn) (4:04)
- You sleeping on your bed of nails
Weeping an ocean beyond the pale
Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill
You're suffering from overkill
On your way you cannot hide
From the howling wind and the roaring tide
You might get hurt but your fear will subside
When you at last escape from the tears inside
Choose whether to laugh or to cry
Menace and promise mingle in your eye
Wait it's only a matter of time
You know everything will be fine
Rain falls down and the seas run high
When you're by my side we can rise above it
Let me dry all the tears inside
- Birds Swim Fish Fly (Tim Finn) (3:23)
- I turn one way and the wind blows me over,
I turn another way and it's holding me up,
Luck has nothing to do with it,
Things change when you learn to loosen your grip.
I think one way and the future is desperate,
I think another way everything is in sight,
Trees bend so branches don't have to break,
We mend the wounds of our last mistake.
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Proud man begins to cry.
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Things change, so why can't I?
I live one way holding onto the fencepost,
I live another way sliding off into space,
Each life is loosely assembled,
Inside the molecules tremble.
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Proud man begins to cry.
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Things change, so why can't I?
Little by little we die.
Washed up on the beach of betrayal,
How did the Mesonyx become a whale?
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Proud man begins to cry.
Birds swim, fish do fly,
Things change, so why can't I?
Things change,
Fish fly.
Little by little we try,
Little by little we die.
Why can't I?
Why can't I?
- Suicide On Downing St. (Tim Finn) (3:33)
- It was no personal defeat,
That suicide on Downing Street,
They found him burning in his car,
He paid the price for what we are.
A stroke of luck, a trick of fate,
The life I build, the mess I make,
Too young to retire, too old to live,
This message all he had to give,
Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain,
And I will sing his sad luck story,
Desperation is a warning flame,
Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge.
He came 160 miles,
To wipe away all those smug smiles,
The empty hours dragging by,
His spirit withered up inside.
Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain,
And I will sing his sad luck story,
Desperation is a warning flame,
Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge.
He felt the man that he could be,
Was only wasted potential.
He went swimming in the deep forbidden sea,
Looking for that extra dimension,
In a selfish blue nation.
It was no personal defeat,
That suicide on Downing Street,
You cannot call us civilized,
As long as one life is denied.
Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain,
And I will sing his sad luck story,
Desperation is a warning flame,
Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge.
Swinging on a one-way pendulum,
Driving down a dead end highway,
Desperation is a warning flame,
Now we stand or fall,
Do we stand or fall.
- Show a Little Mercy (Tim Finn) (4:01)
- It used to be
That life was cheap,
With bodies dropping all around,
But now I find
Good hearts are weak,
And love lies bleeding on the ground.
Why you wanna lose our love?
Am I gonna make it easy for you,
Disappear without a trace of crying?
All I ask is that you show a little mercy.
We're victims of
A lack of faith,
Don't leap into the great unknown,
Unless you know
You've got the goods,
Can stand it living on your own.
Why you wanna lose our love?
Am I gonna make it easy for you,
Disappear without a trace of crying?
All I ask is that you show a little mercy.
We share the guilt
Of people in the name of love
First build them up
Then break them down
Am I gonna make it easy for you
Disappear without a trace of crying?
All I ask is that you show a little mercy
Show a little mercy
Show a little mercy
Show a little mercy
All I ask is that you show a little mercy
- Crescendo (Tim Finn) (4:17)
- Lyrics coming soon!
- Been There Done That (Tim Finn) (4:07)
- Lyrics coming soon!
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